Best lightweight 50 HP

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I forgot about this one. I put 300 hours on this rig 3-4 seasons ago. It is 16'2 Wahoo! initially rigged with a 70 OMC 1986 and later a cherry 40 hp late 90's something I picked up off a pontoon boat with low low hours. The little OMC served as a great crabbing rig pushing the Wahoo! to low 30's and was excellent on fuel compared to the older OMC triple. But we could pull skiers with the 70hp and hit a blistering 45 mph on the gps. For my uses on that boat the 40 was perfect it used the later system check.

I guess the point is hunt for the cherry motor and you cannot go wrong with your parameters. About 8 years ago my 70 y/o plus neighbor was buying my 91 Whaler 15' supersport and was insisting that I rig it with a new in the crate four stroke. He wanted trouble free and was not really concerned at all about the $$$. He was dead set on a brand new four stroke but I begged and pleaded with him to let me mount a cherry 96 Merc classic 50/40hp I had just got in that was still on break in oil. He listened, let me do my thing with the rigging and he still raves about how great the Merc is and that if the mood strikes him he can hit 37mph on the gps. The lighter two stroke really makes his boat more balanced and enjoyable. Be patient and a clean beauty will come along.

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